8x8GB ECC DDR3 RAM - $160

[smitty2k1]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/64GB-Kit...DDR3-DIMM-Server-240-pin-Memory-Ram/115890231

 

[aij]

$20 per 8GB is not bad, especially considering it's PC3-12800R. I have too much RAM already though.

I didn't realize Walmart had gotten in the business of selling server hardware allowing third parties to sell things on their site.

 

[cw823]

Several ebay sellers have 16GB DDR3 ECC Reg DIMMS for $30 OBO. 4 of those @ $120 probably a better deal.

 

[smitty2k1]

How is DDR3 ECC ram so cheap compared to the DDR4 consumer pricing these days?

 

[cw823]

Rumor has it that DDR4 would kneel during the national anthem....

 

[Dhiru]

Several ebay sellers have 16GB DDR3 ECC Reg DIMMS for $30 OBO. 4 of those @ $120 probably a better deal.

These are slower rams. Mostly 1066Mhz.

 

[Churchill]

Several ebay sellers have 16GB DDR3 ECC Reg DIMMS for $30 OBO. 4 of those @ $120 probably a better deal.

Link? I'd love to upgrade my 8GB's to 16GBs on the cheap.

 

[Monoman]

Link? I'd love to upgrade my 8GB's to 16GBs on the cheap.

me too!!

 

[Churchill]

These are slower rams. Mostly 1066Mhz.

That still is fine for me. I don't need blazing speed, I need more RAM.

 

[frogtech]

It's probably quad rank ram though if it's that cheap, which slows down to 800 mhz in dense configs.

 

[Churchill]

It's probably quad rank ram though if it's that cheap, which slows down to 800 mhz in dense configs.

what kind of performance loss are we talking about 20% slower here? Mostly plex and file server functions. More RAM The better.

 

[frogtech]

My understanding is that Plex doesn't really use -that- much RAM. And I'm not sure you need fast ram for basic file server stuff, so for that use case 800 Mhz is probably okay. If you're using like 4-8 16 GB DIMMs I think it will still run at the rated speed, it's when you start filling filling DIMM capacity that all of the available ranks get used up and the RAM has to clock down. Refer to your motherboard manual for more info on this.

 

[bitrot]

Plex itself does not need that much RAM indeed, but if you transcode to RAM like you should (fastest, less wear on SSDs etc.), it really doesn’t hurt to have a bit of RAM to spare.

 

[Lennong]

Well, regarding Plex it's not a bad idea to do your transcoding on a RAM disk. Especially if you have multiple users that require transcoding from you. I have dedicated 100GB out of 128GB to that from my RAM.

 

[Dhiru]

Link? I'd love to upgrade my 8GB's to 16GBs on the cheap.

me too!!

Hynix 16GB PC3-8500 DDR3-1066 240pin RDIMM Server Memory (HMT42GR7AMR4C-G7) | eBay

 

[nthu9280]

Just a heads-up. That is a quad rank and may run out of ranks/channel before fully populating all the DIMMs.

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[frogtech]

I don't think it's much of an issue if one at all on 16 DIMM E5-2600 v1/v2 boards.

 

[nthu9280]

http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/memory/X9_DP_memory_config_socket_R.pdf

Max rank per channel = 8
If your board only has 2 DIMMs/Channel, you are fine with quad rank. But if the board has 3 dimms/channel, you can't populate 3rd slot.

 

[nthu9280]

I tested Micron VLP 16GB 4RX8 PC3-10600R-9-13-V0 (MT36JDZS2G72PDZ-1G4D1FE) in X9DRD-7LN4F board and can fully populate 8 DIMMS for 1 of the CPU.

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